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Below you will find Need For Speed: Most Wanted Cheats. Cheats typically create an advantage beyond normal gameplay, usually to make the game easier.
Need For Speed: Most Wanted Unlockables/Cheats
One Stop Shop marker
At the "Press Start" screen, press Up(2), Down(2), Left, Right, Up, Down to unlock a special marker for the Junkman Engine part in the back room of the One Stop Shop in Career mode. Note: You can only enable this code once for each career.
Castrol Syntec Ford GT
At the "Press Start" screen, press Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Down, Up, Down to unlock the Castrol Syntec Ford GT.
Porsche Cayman
At the "Press Start" screen, press LT, RT(3), Right, Left, Right, Down to unlock the Porsche Cayman.
Burger King Challenge
At the "Press Start" screen, press Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right. If you do it correctly, a message will appear stating that you have unlocked a "Special Challenge Event". At the main menu, go to the "Challenge Series" option. Scroll all the way to the bottom and choose #59, the Burger King Challenge. Successfully complete the challenge to be able to use all Junkman parts on cars you have in "My Cars". Note: Before applying Junkman parts, press A in the performance parts place to get them as high as possible, then apply Junkman to each part. By doing this, it gives better stat raises.
Easy money
Pick an easy race such as a drag, or a short course that you can win quickly. Win the race and get the money. Go back to the safe house and start the race again. Win the race to get the same amount of money again. Repeat this process as much as possible. This is quite useful when you need that extra bit of power to defeat a Blacklist Rival, but don't have the money for a better car or parts.
Easy upgrades
Start by winning the Burger King Challenge. This will enable you to unlock all unique parts (also called Junkman parts). Pick any car and put all the parts on it except performance. Once you have your car the way you want it, go to the performance shop. Max out your car, then put the Junkman parts on. Max out your car again. Then put on the Junkman parts again. Your car should be fully upgraded now.
Getting the most money when selling your car
When you sell a car, you will only get half of its list value; however, there is a trick that works well for Pinkslips that you have won and no longer want. Take your car to the shop, then go to the parts area. Go into the body kit, spoiler, hood, rims, and roof air areas and set everything to stock. This will earn you between $1,000 and $18,000, depending on what Pinkslip car you are stripping. However, leave the performance parts intact. The shop will charge you money for downgrading. Once you have stripped your car of all accessories, leave and go to your safe house. Sell the car, and you will have made a lot of extra money. Do this for every car you want to sell.
Quick start
Get a perfect launch on your tachometer when launching from the start line to get a boost. When the needle turns blue drop the clutch and hold on.
Nitrous and grip
Hitting nitrous torques the chassis back, giving the rear wheels much more weight under the new acceleration. The end effect is that it keeps the car moving straight. If your tail is sliding out, or you are about to spin out of control, hit your nitrous to straighten out the car. This is a great trick in combination with Speedbreaker. With the correct timing, you can take most corners at any speed.
Nitrous boosting
Once you overtake Blacklist Member #6, it is important to use your nitrous wisely and strategically. Instead of just holding Nitrous in a bid to get ahead, press and release it when the tachometer is about to shift to the next gear. After the next gear shift, continue pressing Nitrous until the next upcoming gear shift. This will help you cut time off your race.
Avoid and remove strikes
Once you get busted and you take a strike, turn off the system the next time you get pulled over. Resume the game and those strikes will no longer count.
Avoiding impound strikes
If you get busted, during the scene when the cops are wrestling you to the ground, disconnect the controller then reconnect it and you will be at the pause screen. Then, jump to safe house to avoid getting an impound strike.
Avoiding police
When being chased by the police on any heat level, go to the bus terminal and stop at the apex of the ramp, then turn and drive in the middle of the walkway. Stay there and wait. The cops will not come up the ramp once you are in the middle of the walkway. After a while, they will eventually drive away.
The best way to escape the police is to get into Cool Down mode as soon as possible, then find a place to hide. The cities have plenty of Cool Down spots for hiding your car until the heat is off. This is also a good way to avoid helicopters, which appear once you reach level 4 on your map. You can also look for the triangles on your map, which mark places where you can ram into shops and other roadside items to disable the cops.
Levels of police action
Below are the various levels of police action:
Heat Level 1: Marked patrol cars and cruisers. They mainly chase and try to run you off the road. With a quick car, it is easy to escape from them.
Heat Level 2: Unmarked patrol cars and cruisers, roadblocks. The police mainly setup roadblocks and try to ram you off the road. You can apply an emergency brake lock U-turn to avoid a roadblock, or go through them. To get through, ram the cars on either end of the roadblock, or target a weak point like the sawhorse or a gap between the cars. Use Speedbreaker to see the weak point in the roadblocks and use nitrous to ram straight through. Some road blocks do not cover all the way across the road -- you can go pass through the gap where there is no car.
Heat Level 3: Marked GTO (Monaro) police cars, marked 4WDs (Rhinos), rolling road blocks, roadblocks. These are quicker and you need to knock down objects in front of them to disable them and end the chase (for example, the giant donut sign, etc.). Then, find somewhere to hide while in Cool Down mode. "Rhinos" will ram you from the front. Listen for the call over the police radio. You can usually see them approaching on your map or on the road ahead. Depending on which car you have, you can ram them head on, or apply Speedbreaker to switch lanes before they ram you.
Heat Level 4: Unmarked GTO (Monaro) police cars, helicopters, spike strips. The unmarked GTOs (Monaros) will chase you in packs and are very difficult to avoid. They will try surrounding your car from all sides to block any chance you have of escaping. To avoid this, ensure you always stay ahead, and apply the same tactics used in level 3. For the helicopters, lose them by using tunnels and underground parking lots. Incase they spot you; they can radio the police to your location. Spike strips are usually set up on main roads and highways. You will notice them on the map when you see only one police vehicle stationary on the left side of the road. Aim for the police car and use nitrous to ram it and escape. If you hit the spike strip you will get caught.
Heat Level 5: You will experience this level only after you have reached Blacklist #3. Here, you will encounter all the best and toughest police. More belts are called in on you, there are more spikes, and the helicopters are more aggressive. There is also Cross and his team of "cross" cop Corvettes who will stop at nothing to get you. Like in level 4, the unmarked GTO cars will try surrounding you then braking to block your way. Corvettes use rolling road blocks to stop you. If you reach level 5, you need to be in your fastest vehicle. The nitrous will be very helpful.
Higher Heat levels
You start Campaign mode only after achieving Heat levels 1 and 2 (City Police). By defeating certain Blacklist Rivals, you can then achieve the higher Heat levels:
Heat level 3 (State Police): Defeat the Blacklist Rival #13.
Heat level 4 (Undercover State Troopers): Defeat the Blacklist Rival #9.
Heat level 5 (Federal Authorities): Defeat the Blacklist #5 rival. After you beat the Rockport's Most Wanted level, Heat level 5 will then consist of both the Federal Authorities and Cross' Street Racin' Unit.
Heat level 6 (Undercover Federal Authorities): On the final challenge (Challenge Series mode) and on the final level of Campaign mode. Sgt. Cross joins in the pursuit on the final level.
Lowering Heal levels
To lower the Heat from your car, go to a Stop Shop and enter. Then, change the color of your car, leave and do not move. Press Up to go back in and change the car back to its original color. This will lower your Heat by 1. Do this multiple times to reach condition 1 again.
Regaining control
When approaching a corner at a high speed, and you start drifting (or worse, careening out of control) toward a barrier, turn on your Speedbreaker. This will help you regain control through increased handling and traction. During this period of slowed time, straighten out your car and get it back into an ideal racing line. Once you are back in the proper position and direction, quickly turn off Speedbreaker and hit the Nitrous hard to rip out of the remainder of the corner.
Better car performance
After upgrading your car with engines, suspension, brakes, etc., pause the game and go to "Performance Tuning". For better handling for the Lamborghini, Porsche, Corvette, and Viper, set the "Height" of you car to "-1". If you need more gripping power either take the "Height" to "-2" or set the "Aerodynamics" to "+1". If you go overboard with the performance tuning options (anything past "+3" or "-3"), the car will actually handle worse.
Recommended car
The Cobalt SS is the best start car to use until you get the Eclipse. When you win blacklist races, try for the three "?" markers. You can get cash or the pink slip car. If you get their car, go sell it at the safe house a. This will earn you good money for getting unique upgrades after you start getting into the visuals (after you switch from the Cobalt). Defeating Ming and getting his Lamborghini will make it easier for you to progress further in the game. When you get the Lamborghini, go to the tuner shop and add in any upgrades needed for performance.
After beating Blacklist #8, you will have the option to buy the Lotus Elise. By then, you should have enough money to buy it. If not, you may have to sell to get enough money. Get the money and buy that car. It is great at road handling, and is very fast once you have maxed out its performance. Note: The stock top speed and handling do not look high at first.
Blacklist cars
If you win the Pinkslips to a Blacklist car, start using Blacklist car as your own. Most of the upgrades will have already made by the Blacklist owner, and you can add the necessary upgrades for performance. You won’t need so much money for this. Sometimes these cars will have upgrades that have not been unlocked yet, but most of these are usually aesthetic. Only switch cars if the vehicle you have won has better attributes than the one you are currently driving in its standard mode. You can confirm this in the car shop. It helps to have about three to five nice quick cars in your safehouse.
Blacklist cars
Defeat the indicated Blacklist Rival to win the corresponding car:
Aston Martin DB9 - Blacklist Rival #7
Audi A3 3.2 Quattro - Blacklist Rival #15
Audi A4 3.2 FSI Quattro - Blacklist Rival #14
Audi TT 3.2 Quattro - Blacklist Rival #15
BMW GTR (Race version) - Blacklist Rival #1
Cadillac CTS - Blacklist Rival #12
Corvette C6 - Blacklist Rival #5
Corvette C6.R - Complete 100% of the game
Dodge Viper SRT 10 - Blacklist Rival #6
Ford GT - Blacklist Rival #4
Lamborghini Gallardo - Blacklist Rival #6
Lamborghini Murcielago - Blacklist Rival #4
Lotus Elise - Blacklist Rival #8
Mazda RX-7 - Blacklist Rival #9
Mazda RX-8 - Blacklist Rival #12
Mercedes-Benz CLK 500 - Blacklist Rival #8
Mercedes-Benz SL 500 - Blacklist Rival #11
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren - Blacklist Rival #3
Mitsubishi Eclipse - Blacklist Rival #14
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII - Blacklist Rival #11
Mustang GT - Blacklist Rival #12
Pontiac GTO -Blacklist Rival #10
Porsche 911 Carrera S - Blacklist Rival #7
Porsche 911 Turbo S - Blacklist Rival #5
Porsche Carrera GT - Blacklist Rival #3
Porsche Cayman S - Blacklist Rival #10
Renault Clio V6 - Blacklist Rival #13
Subaru Impreza WRX STi - Blacklist Rival #9
Toyota Supra - Blacklist Rival #13
Vauxhall Monaro VXR - Blacklist Rival #10
Need For Speed: Most Wanted Unlockables/Cheats
One Stop Shop marker
At the "Press Start" screen, press Up(2), Down(2), Left, Right, Up, Down to unlock a special marker for the Junkman Engine part in the back room of the One Stop Shop in Career mode. Note: You can only enable this code once for each career.
Castrol Syntec Ford GT
At the "Press Start" screen, press Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Down, Up, Down to unlock the Castrol Syntec Ford GT.
Porsche Cayman
At the "Press Start" screen, press LT, RT(3), Right, Left, Right, Down to unlock the Porsche Cayman.
Burger King Challenge
At the "Press Start" screen, press Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right. If you do it correctly, a message will appear stating that you have unlocked a "Special Challenge Event". At the main menu, go to the "Challenge Series" option. Scroll all the way to the bottom and choose #59, the Burger King Challenge. Successfully complete the challenge to be able to use all Junkman parts on cars you have in "My Cars". Note: Before applying Junkman parts, press A in the performance parts place to get them as high as possible, then apply Junkman to each part. By doing this, it gives better stat raises.
Easy money
Pick an easy race such as a drag, or a short course that you can win quickly. Win the race and get the money. Go back to the safe house and start the race again. Win the race to get the same amount of money again. Repeat this process as much as possible. This is quite useful when you need that extra bit of power to defeat a Blacklist Rival, but don't have the money for a better car or parts.
Easy upgrades
Start by winning the Burger King Challenge. This will enable you to unlock all unique parts (also called Junkman parts). Pick any car and put all the parts on it except performance. Once you have your car the way you want it, go to the performance shop. Max out your car, then put the Junkman parts on. Max out your car again. Then put on the Junkman parts again. Your car should be fully upgraded now.
Getting the most money when selling your car
When you sell a car, you will only get half of its list value; however, there is a trick that works well for Pinkslips that you have won and no longer want. Take your car to the shop, then go to the parts area. Go into the body kit, spoiler, hood, rims, and roof air areas and set everything to stock. This will earn you between $1,000 and $18,000, depending on what Pinkslip car you are stripping. However, leave the performance parts intact. The shop will charge you money for downgrading. Once you have stripped your car of all accessories, leave and go to your safe house. Sell the car, and you will have made a lot of extra money. Do this for every car you want to sell.
Quick start
Get a perfect launch on your tachometer when launching from the start line to get a boost. When the needle turns blue drop the clutch and hold on.
Nitrous and grip
Hitting nitrous torques the chassis back, giving the rear wheels much more weight under the new acceleration. The end effect is that it keeps the car moving straight. If your tail is sliding out, or you are about to spin out of control, hit your nitrous to straighten out the car. This is a great trick in combination with Speedbreaker. With the correct timing, you can take most corners at any speed.
Nitrous boosting
Once you overtake Blacklist Member #6, it is important to use your nitrous wisely and strategically. Instead of just holding Nitrous in a bid to get ahead, press and release it when the tachometer is about to shift to the next gear. After the next gear shift, continue pressing Nitrous until the next upcoming gear shift. This will help you cut time off your race.
Avoid and remove strikes
Once you get busted and you take a strike, turn off the system the next time you get pulled over. Resume the game and those strikes will no longer count.
Avoiding impound strikes
If you get busted, during the scene when the cops are wrestling you to the ground, disconnect the controller then reconnect it and you will be at the pause screen. Then, jump to safe house to avoid getting an impound strike.
Avoiding police
When being chased by the police on any heat level, go to the bus terminal and stop at the apex of the ramp, then turn and drive in the middle of the walkway. Stay there and wait. The cops will not come up the ramp once you are in the middle of the walkway. After a while, they will eventually drive away.
The best way to escape the police is to get into Cool Down mode as soon as possible, then find a place to hide. The cities have plenty of Cool Down spots for hiding your car until the heat is off. This is also a good way to avoid helicopters, which appear once you reach level 4 on your map. You can also look for the triangles on your map, which mark places where you can ram into shops and other roadside items to disable the cops.
Levels of police action
Below are the various levels of police action:
Heat Level 1: Marked patrol cars and cruisers. They mainly chase and try to run you off the road. With a quick car, it is easy to escape from them.
Heat Level 2: Unmarked patrol cars and cruisers, roadblocks. The police mainly setup roadblocks and try to ram you off the road. You can apply an emergency brake lock U-turn to avoid a roadblock, or go through them. To get through, ram the cars on either end of the roadblock, or target a weak point like the sawhorse or a gap between the cars. Use Speedbreaker to see the weak point in the roadblocks and use nitrous to ram straight through. Some road blocks do not cover all the way across the road -- you can go pass through the gap where there is no car.
Heat Level 3: Marked GTO (Monaro) police cars, marked 4WDs (Rhinos), rolling road blocks, roadblocks. These are quicker and you need to knock down objects in front of them to disable them and end the chase (for example, the giant donut sign, etc.). Then, find somewhere to hide while in Cool Down mode. "Rhinos" will ram you from the front. Listen for the call over the police radio. You can usually see them approaching on your map or on the road ahead. Depending on which car you have, you can ram them head on, or apply Speedbreaker to switch lanes before they ram you.
Heat Level 4: Unmarked GTO (Monaro) police cars, helicopters, spike strips. The unmarked GTOs (Monaros) will chase you in packs and are very difficult to avoid. They will try surrounding your car from all sides to block any chance you have of escaping. To avoid this, ensure you always stay ahead, and apply the same tactics used in level 3. For the helicopters, lose them by using tunnels and underground parking lots. Incase they spot you; they can radio the police to your location. Spike strips are usually set up on main roads and highways. You will notice them on the map when you see only one police vehicle stationary on the left side of the road. Aim for the police car and use nitrous to ram it and escape. If you hit the spike strip you will get caught.
Heat Level 5: You will experience this level only after you have reached Blacklist #3. Here, you will encounter all the best and toughest police. More belts are called in on you, there are more spikes, and the helicopters are more aggressive. There is also Cross and his team of "cross" cop Corvettes who will stop at nothing to get you. Like in level 4, the unmarked GTO cars will try surrounding you then braking to block your way. Corvettes use rolling road blocks to stop you. If you reach level 5, you need to be in your fastest vehicle. The nitrous will be very helpful.
Higher Heat levels
You start Campaign mode only after achieving Heat levels 1 and 2 (City Police). By defeating certain Blacklist Rivals, you can then achieve the higher Heat levels:
Heat level 3 (State Police): Defeat the Blacklist Rival #13.
Heat level 4 (Undercover State Troopers): Defeat the Blacklist Rival #9.
Heat level 5 (Federal Authorities): Defeat the Blacklist #5 rival. After you beat the Rockport's Most Wanted level, Heat level 5 will then consist of both the Federal Authorities and Cross' Street Racin' Unit.
Heat level 6 (Undercover Federal Authorities): On the final challenge (Challenge Series mode) and on the final level of Campaign mode. Sgt. Cross joins in the pursuit on the final level.
Lowering Heal levels
To lower the Heat from your car, go to a Stop Shop and enter. Then, change the color of your car, leave and do not move. Press Up to go back in and change the car back to its original color. This will lower your Heat by 1. Do this multiple times to reach condition 1 again.
Regaining control
When approaching a corner at a high speed, and you start drifting (or worse, careening out of control) toward a barrier, turn on your Speedbreaker. This will help you regain control through increased handling and traction. During this period of slowed time, straighten out your car and get it back into an ideal racing line. Once you are back in the proper position and direction, quickly turn off Speedbreaker and hit the Nitrous hard to rip out of the remainder of the corner.
Better car performance
After upgrading your car with engines, suspension, brakes, etc., pause the game and go to "Performance Tuning". For better handling for the Lamborghini, Porsche, Corvette, and Viper, set the "Height" of you car to "-1". If you need more gripping power either take the "Height" to "-2" or set the "Aerodynamics" to "+1". If you go overboard with the performance tuning options (anything past "+3" or "-3"), the car will actually handle worse.
Recommended car
The Cobalt SS is the best start car to use until you get the Eclipse. When you win blacklist races, try for the three "?" markers. You can get cash or the pink slip car. If you get their car, go sell it at the safe house a. This will earn you good money for getting unique upgrades after you start getting into the visuals (after you switch from the Cobalt). Defeating Ming and getting his Lamborghini will make it easier for you to progress further in the game. When you get the Lamborghini, go to the tuner shop and add in any upgrades needed for performance.
After beating Blacklist #8, you will have the option to buy the Lotus Elise. By then, you should have enough money to buy it. If not, you may have to sell to get enough money. Get the money and buy that car. It is great at road handling, and is very fast once you have maxed out its performance. Note: The stock top speed and handling do not look high at first.
Blacklist cars
If you win the Pinkslips to a Blacklist car, start using Blacklist car as your own. Most of the upgrades will have already made by the Blacklist owner, and you can add the necessary upgrades for performance. You won’t need so much money for this. Sometimes these cars will have upgrades that have not been unlocked yet, but most of these are usually aesthetic. Only switch cars if the vehicle you have won has better attributes than the one you are currently driving in its standard mode. You can confirm this in the car shop. It helps to have about three to five nice quick cars in your safehouse.
Blacklist cars
Defeat the indicated Blacklist Rival to win the corresponding car:
Aston Martin DB9 - Blacklist Rival #7
Audi A3 3.2 Quattro - Blacklist Rival #15
Audi A4 3.2 FSI Quattro - Blacklist Rival #14
Audi TT 3.2 Quattro - Blacklist Rival #15
BMW GTR (Race version) - Blacklist Rival #1
Cadillac CTS - Blacklist Rival #12
Corvette C6 - Blacklist Rival #5
Corvette C6.R - Complete 100% of the game
Dodge Viper SRT 10 - Blacklist Rival #6
Ford GT - Blacklist Rival #4
Lamborghini Gallardo - Blacklist Rival #6
Lamborghini Murcielago - Blacklist Rival #4
Lotus Elise - Blacklist Rival #8
Mazda RX-7 - Blacklist Rival #9
Mazda RX-8 - Blacklist Rival #12
Mercedes-Benz CLK 500 - Blacklist Rival #8
Mercedes-Benz SL 500 - Blacklist Rival #11
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren - Blacklist Rival #3
Mitsubishi Eclipse - Blacklist Rival #14
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII - Blacklist Rival #11
Mustang GT - Blacklist Rival #12
Pontiac GTO -Blacklist Rival #10
Porsche 911 Carrera S - Blacklist Rival #7
Porsche 911 Turbo S - Blacklist Rival #5
Porsche Carrera GT - Blacklist Rival #3
Porsche Cayman S - Blacklist Rival #10
Renault Clio V6 - Blacklist Rival #13
Subaru Impreza WRX STi - Blacklist Rival #9
Toyota Supra - Blacklist Rival #13
Vauxhall Monaro VXR - Blacklist Rival #10
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